This terminology is undergoing a bit of a revamp as the subtleties come into question. Simply put, HIPAA-compliant is an action, and HIPAA-secure is an adjective. Compliance includes active, on-going choices that a physician (or other covered entity) makes in order to keep protected health information (PHI) safe. It is the covered entity’s responsibility to…..
When Engineer Carl Ritter von Ghega began work on the devastatingly steep stretch of track in the Austrian Alps in the mid 1850’s, there was not even a train in existence that could handle such steep terrain – but he knew it would come one day. From a technology standpoint, DocbookMD has taken a similar…..
Hello 2013, good-bye old technology. Will this be the year that the merits of digital technology in medicine are finally realized financially? Not many can predict where healthcare is headed, but it does seem clear that the age of paper and face-to-face meetings are slowly becoming things of the past. Items once indispensible to me…..
With the holiday season upon us, many are thinking of new gadgets as gifts, or for ourselves. The smartphone and tablet market has never been so closely watched as now, and with the competition between Google and Apple products, no one is more interested in the latest trends than those who program for their devices……
The recent 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, DC last week had the tech world buzzing about the next innovations that will change healthcare forever. What exactly are those on the cutting edge of mobile health information technology looking for – or offering - this year? As a physician, I hope they are focused not just…..